Foreign Economic Policy

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China was probably only capable of developing its own foreign economic policy after the foundation of the People's Republic. Before that, i.e. since the beginning of the 19th century, China's foreign economic relations had been determined primarily by foreign merchants and governments (Opium Wars). If one accepts the conventional definition of foreign economic policy common in market economies - which is generally understood to signify purposeful measures that…